"I am excited we are able once again to bring these two programs together on the football field," Notre Dame athletics director Jack Swarbrick said in the school's press release. "Football games between Notre Dame and Ohio State make great sense from a strength-of-schedule standpoint.

Ohio State and Notre Dame have only met five times, the last meeting in the 2005 Fiesta Bowl. The Buckeyes beat the Irish in both games in a home-and-home series in 1995-96, with a 61-yard run by Heisman Trophy winner Eddie George serving as the signature play.

The Irish beat the Buckeyes in the first two meetings in 1935 and 1936.